Andrew Tan Chan, MD
Program Director, Gastroenterology Training Program
- Phone: 617-726-3212
- Departments
- Gastroenterology
- Department of Medicine
Specialties
- Cancer Center
- Cancer Risk Assessment
- Digestive Healthcare Center
- Colorectal Center
- Clinical Interests
- Cancer prevention
- General gastroenterology
- Colon and rectal cancer
- Hereditary colorectal cancer
- Gastrointestinal cancer
- Locations
- Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Medical Education
- MD, Harvard Medical School
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Board Certifications
- Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Gender
- Male
- Patient Age Group
- Adult
- Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Study reveals aspirin's colorectal cancer prevention mechanism
Aspirin therapy's ability to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, an association seen in a large number of studies, appears to depend on the drug's inhibition of the COX-2 enzyme, the action that also underlies aspirin's usefulness for treating pain and inflammation.
Postdiagnosis aspirin use reduces risk of dying from colorectal cancer
Regular use of aspirin after colorectal cancer diagnosis may reduce the risk of cancer death, report investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Aspirin's ability to protect against colorectal cancer may depend on risk-associated inflammatory pathways
The reduced risk of colorectal cancer associated with taking aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may be limited to individuals already at risk because of elevations in a specific inflammatory factor in the blood.
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Boston, MA 02114-2696
Phone: 617-726-3212
Fax: 617-724-6832
55 Fruit Street
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Phone: 617-726-3212
Fax: 617-724-6832
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